"Add Products Manually" link should always be visible

[cptX]

Preconditions and environment

• Magento version 2.4.7-p3

When having single products already trying to correlate them with a new configurable product is not straightforward at the moment because in the configurable product the link "Add Products Manually" is not visible.
To proceed you need to create a new dummy configuration, then the link appears, then you need to delete the dummy configuration and add your products. Why don't we present the link "Add Products Manually" from the beginning to avoid all this mess???

Steps to reproduce

Create some simple products. Then try to create another product which will be the configurable product for them. Try to associate the simple products with the configurable product. It is impossible because the link "Add Products Manually" is not available.

Expected result

"Add Products Manually" link should be available always!!!

Actual result

"Add Products Manually" link now is available only when other products are already set as configurations. This makes no sense.

Additional information

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Release note

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Triage and priority

• Severity: S0 - Affects critical data or functionality and leaves users without workaround.
• Severity: S1 - Affects critical data or functionality and forces users to employ a workaround.
• Severity: S2 - Affects non-critical data or functionality and forces users to employ a workaround.
• Severity: S3 - Affects non-critical data or functionality and does not force users to employ a workaround.
• Severity: S4 - Affects aesthetics, professional look and feel, “quality” or “usability”.

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[cptX]

This issue was also discussed here #36014 but it is closed without any reason... thus I reopened it here

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[engcom-Delta]

Hi @cptX ,

Thanks for your reporting and collaboration.
We have tried to reproduce the issue in 2.4-develop instance and the issue is reproducible. Kindly refer the screenshots.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create some simple products.
2. Then try to create another product which will be the configurable product for them.
3. Try to associate the simple products with the configurable product.
4. "Add Products Manually" is not available, link only appears when user create products after clicking on "Create Configurations".
   Before Clicking on "Create Configurations" link -

After Clicking on "Create Configurations" link -

Hence, Confirming the issue. Link should be available.
Thanks.

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✅ Jira issue https://jira.corp.adobe.com/browse/AC-13866 is successfully created for this GitHub issue.

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